The Court of instruction No. 3 of Maó a sentence for slander to a patient who insulted his doctor’s header.
Spain, 2011-February the Court of investigation No. 3 of Maó has condemned Mrs D.G.C due to a lack of insults, because insulted his family doctor, Dr. V.P.G, specialist in family medicine Health Center our Lady of the Bull of Maó (Menorca).
The facts date back to September 2, 2010, when Mrs D.G.C after emerging from the consultation of Dr. V.P.G, began insulting cries in front of the staff of the Centre and other patients, when he was in the area of admission.
According to the judgment of November 22, 2010 verbal excess by the alleged implies a contempt and abuse towards the complainant ”, therefore the judgement condemns doña D.G.C by a lack of insults, defined in the 620.2 article of the criminal code, the penalty for ten days at a cost of 6 euros per day (60 euros) fine (in total) and the payment of the costs involved.
Col·legi Hy claimed in the case as a private prosecution, and Dr. complainant has been defended by the legal services of the collegiate institution.
Aggression to a medical professional breaks the trust needed to ensure adequate health care. The American College of them Illes Balears (Comib) welcomes this statement, that the insults are also an aggression in the field of professional practice. The author of the Comib in this case is one of the attitude of tolerance shows zero cons aggressions doctors that keeps the collegiate institution.
The Comib has launched an Observatory of aggression, which collects and makes monitoring the cases of aggression to professionals that may occur and from which direct and immediate legal advice is offered to all doctors in the Islands. The Comib personará as a private prosecution in all complaints relating to acts of aggression, psychic or physical, professionals in the workplace.
